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Le Moyne Claims Top Seed in Northeast-10 Softball Championship



Friday, May 2, 2008

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South Easton, Mass. – Le Moyne College won their fifth Northeast-10 Regular Season Title in six years to secure the top seed in the 2008 NE-10 Softball Championship presented by Diamond Sports.

The Dolphins finished conference play with only one blemish in the loss column at 27-1 and are 40-8 overall. Bryant University (36-12, 23-5, NE-10) finished 23-5 in conference play and will be the second seed.

Southern Connecticut State University (24-25, 17-11 NE-10) slid in as the third seed over the University of Massachusetts Lowell (24-24, 17-11) due to the Owls regular season doubleheader sweep against the River Hawks. Pace University (28-18, 16-12 NE-10) will be the fifth seed in the tournament, followed by Saint Anselm College (21-17, 15-13 NE-10) and Stonehill College (23-19, 15-13). The Hawks will be the sixth seed over Stonehill due to the conference tie-break procedures. The College of Saint Rose (17-21, 14-14 NE-10) rounds out the tournament field as the eighth seed.

Due to weather delays earlier in the week, the Northeast-10 Softball tournament will feature a single elimination quarterfinal and semifinal round followed by a best 2-out-of-3 series for the championship round.

Quarterfinal action begins on Saturday May 3 at 9 a.m. with #1 Le Moyne facing off with #8 Saint Rose on field ‘A’ and #2 Bryant versus #7 Stonehill will be on field ‘B’. The next set of quarterfinal games will begin at 11 a.m. with #3 Southern Connecticut facing #6 Saint Anselm on field ‘A’ and the #4 UMass Lowell/#5 Pace game on field ‘B’.

The semifinals will begin shortly after the quarterfinals. Both semifinal games will begin at 1 p.m. with the winner of Le Moyne/Saint Rose and the winner of UMass Lowell/Pace playing on field ‘A’ and the winner of Bryant/Stonehill and the winner of Southern Connecticut/Saint Anselm playing on field ‘B’.

The semifinal winners will participate in the best 2-out-of-3 series on Sunday, May 4 with game one starting at 9 a.m. Game two will follow at 11a.m. and if necessary, game three is set for 1 p.m.

Sponsoring 23 championship sports and 15 full-time members, the Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic conference in the nation and sponsors the most championships of any Division II conference.



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